Patterson says he's been released by Steelers

Cordarrelle Patterson took to societal media Monday to denote that helium has been released by the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Patterson, 34, took a sarcastic code successful his X post:

Breaking news❗️❗️❗️Pittsburgh Steelers merchandise aged washed up cordarrelle patterson connected his time off!!!

He had 1 twelvemonth near connected a two-year, $6 cardinal declaration helium signed with the Steelers past year. The determination saves the Steelers $2.8 cardinal successful wage headdress space.

Patterson has 9 vocation footwear instrumentality touchdowns since entering the NFL successful 2013 to marque him the NFL's all-time person successful the category. The Steelers, however, utilized him lone connected 11 kickoff returns past season.

The four-time Pro Bowler appeared successful 13 games for the Steelers past play and had 215 full yards and 1 touchdown.